● Year of first record only – for each species, users can view information related to
its first sighting in the Mediterranean area.
● Most probable path – according to the most probable path of access to the
Mediterranean for the species as reported in the literature;
● Category of path – i.e. EXOTIC CAN, EXOTIC HM, NRE;
● Species, Family
● Author of the record
Fig. 1. Screenshot of the ORMEF homepage (https://www.ormef.eu – accessed July 24 2022)
The system also allows producing animations of point records according to the selected
filters and along the chosen temporal frame.
Information related to each species is accessible through a dedicated page, containing
pictures and interactive links to the entire list of Mediterranean Exotic Fishes. Clicking
on each of these species, users can access to the related species summary (Fig. 2) which
contains basic information about the first Mediterranean record, most probable path, the
distribution, the time series of occurrences and a map showing the interactive point
records.
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